The back wall of Devi Jagdamba Temple,facing west, has as its principalcharacters the Hindu trinity, depicted
ina somewhat unusual manner. The figurein the lower band is that of Vamana, thedwarf incarnation of Vishnu; the centralband has Shiva in his Mrityunjaya (onewho has conquered death) manifestation;the upper band, Brahma with his consortSavitri

We reached Khajuraho at around
10:00 am and were welcomed into the little sleepy village, by a beautiful
granite statue, dedicated to the unknown sculptor of Khajuraho. The words
carrying a tone of awed mystery increased our enthusiasm of having entered
the land of the erotic and exotic one-of-their-kind temple art. The initial
enthusiasm was slightly chastised when out of the blue our taxi stopped
in front of Hotel Zen in a not-so-picturesque area in Khajuraho.

My initial reaction was that
this is not a Hotel, but a Lodge, with no view. Inside the Hotel, where
we had booked rooms online, we were greeted by overgrown vegetation, a
strange waterfall on a dirty homegrown lotus pond with Buddha statues,
untended plants in the name of a vegetable garden, a big beehive, lots
of insects, huge lizards and an over-priced tourist menu. The rooms were
bare, and the linen had holes, and the service was even worse. One of the
caretakers had the audacity to wear a t-shirt to work that read, “I am
not paid enough to be good to you!” The message was crystal clear and so
was their attitude - you had to beg for tissue-paper, make do with one
single-bed blanket in a room for two, and have your meals in restaurants,
other than the Hotel’s because cornflakes and milk was served at Rs 170.
.more......